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This is also a whitisli-barked tree with palmate 

 aves and pendulous flowers of a pinkish colour, 

 ender shoots, under side of the leaves and young 

 uit downy, with a rusty-villous tomfentum. The 

 •aoping panicles, and the absence of bristles on the 

 uit, are characters that will help to determine this 

 ecies from the one immediately preceding. Herba- 

 Lim specimens would be appreciated at head-quart- 

 s. 



Sterculia guttata, Roxi?. 7t'a?i. jayakatalu ? 

 Fig.— ^of. Plates Lal-Bayh Collection. Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 105 ; Wight Ic. t. 487. 



References —Fl. of Brit. Ind.; Diet.' of Econ. 

 Prod, of Ind. 

 A fine tree of the Malhad. Described by Beddome 



a beaiitifuL^bject when covered by its bright red 

 psules (follicles). Bare of leaf during the cold 

 ason. Bark ash coloured and very fibrous, utilised 



the Western Coast for making cordage, as also 

 ngh articles of clothing. The tree flowers in 

 ibruary in advance of the young leaves. Flowers 

 ddish-purple, hairy, and slightjy foetid. Fruit the 

 !e of a small egg, follicular and bright red. This 



probably the species called Jay7iJcatalii in the 

 3ond edition. Nothing is known of the wood, 

 ;hough the tree is not uncommon in the deciduous; 

 d mixed zones skirting the Malnad. 

 Ctdtivation.— The tree grows well in the Lal-Bagh, 

 lere the soU consists mostly of a deep loam in- 

 pporated with oxide of iron. It would not su:- 

 3d in a very dry situation. Seeds germinate 

 sely. Plant at 35 feet apart. Highly ornamental. 



Sterculia Balanghas, Linn. 

 Specimens have not been received of this species, 

 t there is little doubt of its presence in the north- 

 st frontier, where it should be searched Ur. It is 

 ured in Wight's 111, t. 30. 



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